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færing

Similar entry: fering

fæstan

to entrustcommit

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Add: to make fast. Similar entries v. ende-fæstend. to entrust, commit In hondum ðínum ic fæsto (commendo) gást mínne, Lk. L. 23, 46

fæstan

to fastto abstain

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to fast. Add: in a general sense. absolute, to abstain from food Hé fæste feówurtig daga, Mt. 4, 2: Sat. 667. Fæstte, Bl. H. 27, 24, 29. Móyses and Hélias fæston, Guth. 32, 2. Fæstende jejunius, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 44. to abstain. with gen. Ðæt hié selfe

fæla

(num.; adj.)

many

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many, Nicod. 17; Thw. 8, 18

fæna

(n.)

a vane, standard

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a vane, standard, Som. Ben. Lye

fænn

(n.)

a fen

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a fen, Ps. Lamb. 17, 43

færd

(n.)

an army, expedition exercĭtus, expĕdītio mīlĭtāris

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an army, expedition; exercĭtus, expĕdītio mīlĭtāris, Som. Ben. Lye

færm

(n.)

a supper, feast

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a supper, feast, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 2, 3, 4

færs

(n.)

verse versus

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verse; versus, Ælfr. præf, p. 3, Lye

færd

(n.)

Similar entry: fird

færs

(n.)

furze

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furze (?)

fægn

(adj.)

glad, joyful

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glad, joyful Ic bió fægn I shall be glad, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 25

færh

(n.)

a little pigporcellus

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a little pig; porcellus, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 161, 40

færr

(n.)
Grammar
færr, es; n.

A passingtransĭtus

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A passing; transĭtus Nis faru oððe færr non est transĭtus, Ps. Lamb. 143, 14

-fǽre

(suffix)

Similar entry: lang-fǽre

færen-ness

(n.)
Grammar
færen-ness, e; f.

A passagemigration

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A passage, migration Tó færennisse . . . from færennisse ad transmigrationem . . . a transmigratione, Mt. R. 1, 17

fǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽr, adj.

Sudden, intense, terrible, horrid sŭbĭtus, terrĭbilis, horrĭdus

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Sudden, intense, terrible, horrid; sŭbĭtus, terrĭbilis, horrĭdus. Used in the compounds,-Fǽr-bifongen, -bryne, -cóðu, -cwealm, -cýle, -deáþ, -dryre, -fyll, -gripe, -gryre, -haga, -inga, -líc, -líce, -níþ, -sceaða, -scyte, -searo, -slide, -spel, -unga,

fǽr

(n.)

a fever

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a fever

fǽr

(adj.)
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fǽr, adj.
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Dele

fǽmnan hád

(n.)
Grammar
fǽmnan hád, fǽmn-hád, es; m. [fǽmne a virgin, woman]

Virginity, maidenhood, womanhoodvirgĭnĭtas

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Virginity, maidenhood, womanhood ; virgĭnĭtas Ic fǽmnan hád mínne geheóld I preserved my maidenhood, Exon. 9 a; Th. 6, 31; Cri. 92. Þurh fǽmnan hád through womanhood, Cd. 224; Th. 296, 1; Sat. 495. On fǽmnan háde in virginity, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 5.